Barbara Grossman, Light Yellow Flowers

Barbara Grossman was born and raised in New York City. She went to the High School of Music and Art and The Cooper Union. She was married to Charles Cajori (1921-2013). She had a Fulright-Hayes Grant in Germany and upon her return to the United States she and a group of artists founded the Bowery Gallery (1969), where she exhibited until 2007. Barbara has exhibited consistently in galleries in the U.S. throughout her career. She has also been awarded two Connecticut Commission on the Arts grants, an Ingram Merrill prize, and was elected to the National Academy of Design (1994), where she won a Ranger Purchase Prize and other awards. Barbara taught at institutions including University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, the Chautauqua Institution, as well as serving as the Artist in Residence at Dartmouth College and Hollins University. She is represented in numerous public and private collections in the United States.